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With the referee's whistle, the game began. After the coin toss, the Vulture Team started with the ball, dressed in all black, facing off against the white-clad Stompers. The captain of the Vulture Team was the tallest player, wearing a headband with "ne" written in English across the front, so I called him Vulture One. The other two players were named Vulture Two and Vulture Three based on their heights. It seemed that the player from the Stompers who was about 1.7 meters tall was their captain, wearing wristbands and having a slightly darker complexion, so I nicknamed him Black Bean. Interestingly, the official Black Bean (Brooks) appeared to be a bit taller than him. After receiving the ball, Vulture One passed it behind him to Vulture Two on the outside, who then assisted Vulture One for an explosive dunk. I felt quite pleased; the Vulture Team was indeed much stronger than the Steppers Team. I glanced at Zhao Ziyang, who was still smiling and chatting with Jiang Lingfeng. "Jie, it looks like you guys will face this giant team of vultures in the second round," Shuai Dong whispered in my ear. "Zhao Ziyang still has a higher winning percentage with the Stompers," I replied to them. "What? That's impossible! How could such a strong team lose?" Pang Hao chimed in, "Let's just watch the game."
The match continued with the Stompers gaining possession. After a big player threw in the ball, Black Bean started his offensive play. Standing under Vulture Three's towering figure, he looked particularly small. Black Bean quickly turned and passed to another teammate on the right wing, who scored after receiving the ball. The Vulture Team took a shot from outside the three-point line; Vulture One received the ball and stepped back to shoot from beyond the arc but missed. A big player from the Steppers grabbed the rebound and passed it to Black Bean. Vulture Two used his height advantage to jump in front of Black Bean and successfully stole the ball; unfortunately, Black Bean was just too short. After landing, Vulture Two quickly moved towards the three-point line when suddenly a fast figure zipped past him and snatched the ball away—Black Bean had completed a steal! He passed directly to a big player under the basket, who scored with ease. This was getting interesting; I began to see Black Bean in a new light.
As the game progressed, both teams kept exchanging leads. The turning point came in the last two minutes before time expired when the score was 19-18, with Vulture Team leading by one point and Stompers having possession of the ball. Black Bean organized a quick attack while being closely guarded by Vulture Two. Suddenly, he seized an opportunity and passed between Vulture Two's legs to a big player who missed his mid-range shot. Just as Vulture One jumped up to grab the rebound, Black Bean dashed over and tapped his shoulder before leaping high to secure it! He immediately passed to a medium-height player outside the three-point line, who scored without fail—19!
After a quick throw-in by Vulture Team, Vulture Two began passing; anticipating that he would pass to Vulture One, Black Bean lingered next to him since 80% of their offensive plays revolved around Vulture One. Sure enough, Vulture Two passed directly to him but was intercepted by Black Bean lurking on the left side! Black Bean swiftly ran outside of three-point range and confidently took a shot—score! 19! With just one minute and ten seconds left in the game, this marked Black Bean's second score of the match; he had spent most of his time selflessly assisting and setting screens—quite captain-like behavior.
After Vulture Team threw in again, Vulture Two controlled the ball and passed it to Vulture Three; Vulture One signaled for it back. Vulture Three quickly passed it to Vulture One, who attempted a hook shot from free throw line but missed due to rushing his shot. A big player grabbed another rebound and tossed it back out to Black Bean beyond three-point range; this time there were no mistakes—Black Bean received it and scored again! 619! With only 40 seconds left in regulation time, Black Bean led his team on a 7-0 run within just over a minute; overcoming a seven-point deficit in thirty seconds was not impossible but certainly challenging.
The vultures quickly threw in again; after receiving it, Vulture One rushed for a three-pointer from zero degrees—finally scoring! I saw him tightly clench his fist and adjust his headband. After Stompers threw in again, Black Bean controlled possession without urgency; he even took time to show off some fancy dribbling moves between his legs—clearly underestimating Stompers' players now... especially Black Bean.
As Black Bean let most of their offensive time run down before passing under the basket again for another big player’s shot attempt which was blocked by Vulture One—the ball rolled on the ground until it was picked up by Vulture Three who passed out to Vulture Two for another shot attempt that clanged off! At that moment, the referee's whistle blew—the game ended with a final score of 6; Stompers advanced into round two of elimination play.
"Wow! The Stompers actually won..." Shuai Dong exclaimed in disbelief while I too found it hard to believe. "Senior Ziyang, how did you guess that? How could you predict that Stompers would win despite their lackluster physical attributes?" I eagerly asked Zhao Ziyang.
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